Eco-Certification: Can It Deliver Conservation and Development in the Tropics?
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This paper investigates the potential for eco-certification to improve livelihoods and conserve biodiversity in tropical countries, using the example of a traditional rubber agroforestry practice in Indonesia. Eco-certification has the potential to allow farmers to generate revenue streams by marketing environmental benefits of their practices. However, in the years since eco-certification first began in 1993 to 2005 fewer than 1.5 percent of tropical forests had become eco-certified, compared to slightly over 31 percent of temperate forests. Nonetheless, eco-certification has promise for delivering conservation and development to the tropics, but it comes with much fine print to observe if it is to do so. This paper makes recommendation regarding the fine print including changes to current eco-certification practices that could make it a more effective option for the tropics.
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